Question: PC Build - Help - Advice

I'd recommend upping the Graphics to this for an extra £77:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-236-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1502

It has 2GB unlike the £319.99 1GB, and the RAM to the Corsair dominator, the best RAM out there and it looks like this:


Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £396.99
(£337.86) £396.99
(£337.86)
OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) £279.99
(£238.29) £279.99
(£238.29)
Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM £229.99
(£195.74) £229.99
(£195.74)
Corsair Dominator 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel Kit (CMP6GX3M3A1600C8) £189.99
(£161.69) £189.99
(£161.69)
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £158.99
(£135.31) £158.99
(£135.31)
Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-850HXUK) £154.99
(£131.91) £154.99
(£131.91)
Coolermaster RC-1000 Cosmos Silent Full Tower Case - Black £154.99
(£131.91) £154.99
(£131.91)
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) £79.99
(£68.08) £159.98
(£136.16)
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £66.99
(£57.01) £66.99
(£57.01)
Samsung SH-B083L/RSBP 8x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) £53.99
(£45.95) £53.99
(£45.95)
Sub Total : £1,571.83
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £277.65
Total : £1,864.23
 
Sapphire build materials/quality is not as high as XFX's which is why I opted for that card.

Also that RAM is not in corsairs list as begin compatible with that motherboard.
 
it's the looks, in my opinion, obviously your not buying a case that looks horrible in your opinion, but there a lot better cases around the same value which are just the little bit extra quality
 
Ordered!

Product Name Price Qty Line Total
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £272.33 1 £272.33
OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) £246.80 1 £246.80
Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM £195.74 1 £195.74
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £187.22 1 £187.22
Coolermaster RC-1100 Cosmos S "Sport" Silent Full Tower Case - Black £135.31 1 £135.31
Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-850HXUK) £131.91 1 £131.91
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1600C9) £120.83 1 £120.83
Logitech Z523 2.1 Speaker System (980-000320) £58.68 1 £58.68
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £57.01 1 £57.01
Samsung SH-B083L/BSBP 8x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £42.54 1 £42.54
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) £41.69 2 £83.38
Akasa Elite Card Reader (AK-CR-02BK) £14.46 1 £14.46
Akasa Dual 2.5" SSD/HDD Mounting Kit £5.10 1 £5.10
DPD Next Day Parcel: £22.20
VAT: £275.36
Order Total: £1848.87

I'll post up pictures of the build once it's complete. Thanks for everyones help.
 
That cosmos case is stunning.

Personally, would have went for the amd six core cpu and one samsung ecogreen f2 1.5tb.

Also, you can't use a 24" screen with this, you are so restricted.

Time to upgrade to a 40" + plasma/lcd :D
 
Hi,

I've just got my new PC today which consists of a Gigabyte EX58-UD5 and OCZ Vertex 2.

This issue is the SSD Vertex 2 is not being detected in the Gigabyte EX58-UD5 bios. I can't see it and so I can't install Windows 7 on my new drive.

What do I need to do in order to get the drive working.

Are there specific settings in the bios I need to set or drivers I need to load during the Windows 7 installation.

I plugged it into my old PC and it was detected right away so the drive is fine :/

Please help, Cheers.

EL
 
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